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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 14

AV 6 14.1

अस्थिस्रंसं परुस्रंसम् आस्थितम् हृदयामयम् । बलासं सर्वं नाशयाङ्गेष्ठा यश् च पर्वसु

asthisraṃsaṃ parusraṃsam āsthitam hṛdayāmayam | balāsaṃ sarvaṃ nāśayāṅgeṣṭhā yaś ca parvasu

Bone-loosening, joint-loosening, the settled heart-ailment — destroy all the balāsa, both what is in the limbs and what is in the joints.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Remove thou all Decline that lurks within the members and the joints, The firmly-settled heart-disease that racks the bones and rends the limbs.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 14.2

निर् बलासं बलासिनः क्षिणोमि मुष्करं यथा । छिनद्म्य् अस्य बन्धनं मूलम् उर्वार्वा इव

nir balāsaṃ balāsinaḥ kṣiṇomi muṣkaraṃ yathā | chinadmy asya bandhanaṃ mūlam urvārvā iva

I crush out the balāsa of the one afflicted with balāsa, as one crushes a muṣkara; I cut its binding, its root, as (one cuts) that of a cucumber.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From the consumptive man I pluck Decline as 'twere a severed part. I cut the bond that fetters him, even as a root of cucumber.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 14.3

निर् बलासेतः प्र पताशुङ्गः शिशुको यथा । अथो इत इव हायनो ऽप द्राह्य् अवीरहा

nir balāsetaḥ pra patāśuṅgaḥ śiśuko yathā | atho ita iva hāyano 'pa drāhy avīrahā

Fly forth from here, balāsa, like a swift young bird; and run away from here like a yearling, not slaying men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Begone, Consumption, hence away, like a young foal that runs. at speed. Then, not pernicious to our men, flee, yearly visitant like grass!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)